Recently, I had my Kindle 3 in my saddle bag on my bike, and wound up getting in a high speed wreck on the highway. The bike was in pieces, saddle bags spilled open, and I went about 150 feet through the air and across the highway.

When I got out of the hospital and went through all my belongings, the kindle was one of the goods recovered off the side of the road, along with some other stuff. Much to my surprise, I recently turned it on and it works flawlessly!

I had a cover for it, but I am shocked that the impact didn't kill it (or me).

Recently, I had my Kindle 3 in my saddle bag on my bike, and wound up getting in a high speed wreck on the highway. The bike was in pieces, saddle bags spilled open, and I went about 150 feet through the air and across the highway.

When I got out of the hospital and went through all my belongings, the kindle was one of the goods recovered off the side of the road, along with some other stuff. Much to my surprise, I recently turned it on and it works flawlessly!

I had a cover for it, but I am shocked that the impact didn't kill it (or me).

^ Thanks to all for the wishing me well, I'm glad to see another Christmas. I'm recovering quite nicely, lost a few brain cells but am walking and working again. Having nearly unlimited reading material on hand makes tedious and painful evenings a joy.

Life is good!

Kindle was in an Amazon case with slide out light. I've been very happy with the K3 since I've purchased it, and was impressed with its resilience.